Humans have a seemingly unique capacity to reflect upon information about the self to form evaluative attitudes that influence their quality of life and predict mental health outcomes. While psychologists have devoted decades of research to the...

Geographical distribution (student groups) Received in Mar. 1956; These Dartmouth students shown standing in front of the main entrance to Baker Memorial Library in Hanover, N.H. are all from the Seattle area. They are, from left to right, front...

The need for social connection is a pervasive and powerful human drive. When this fundamental need is not fulfilled, people place greater emphasis on forming social bonds and are motivated to behave in ways consistent with accomplishing these...

From deciding what to eat first or what stock to invest in, the order in which we prefer to experience events and the amount of risk we are willing to undertake are factors that influence our choices. However, the mechanisms underlying order and...

Interleukin-2 (IL-2) is an immunoregulatory cytokine whose biological effects are mediated through interaction with specific receptors (IL-2R) on the surface of target cells. Due to its presumed role in generating a normal immune response, IL-2 is...

Adoptive cell transfer (ACT) is a promising therapy for various non-epithelial tumors but has not yet proven successful in ovarian cancer. Moreover, its effect upon endogenous antitumor immunity, and the contribution of CD4 + T cells, remain...

The general objective of the current thesis was to investigate the neural substrates underlying the perception of opposite-sex faces. Building on what is already known about the distributed network of brain areas supporting various dimensions of...

The ability to resist highly tempting reward impulses is a struggle that all humans face on a daily basis, one that gives rise to many societal problems such as obesity and drug addiction. This form of self-regulation involves a critical balance...

When we want to know what others are thinking or feeling, we look to their face for clues. Affective neuroscience has usefully documented behavioral, psychophysiological and neural responses to the facial displays of others. Though this work...

Across mammalian species, adolescence is characterized by a unique combination of cognitive, behavioral and neurobiological changes. Behavioral tendencies observed during this period promote a variety of flexible interactions with the surrounding...

The primary goal of the current research was to examine the effect of perceived gaze direction on the perception and processing of facially communicated emotion. There is good reason to believe that gaze direction and facial displays of emotion...

The motivational and rewarding properties of our immediate environment affect how humans interact with our world in a number of ways. One important aspect in which reward representation shapes behavior is in the development, maintenance and...

Understanding trace element homeostasis in plants has a direct impact on global health. Much of the developing world suffers from nutrient deficiencies, and subsists on a plant based diet often lacking bioavailable nutrients like iron and zinc. At...

A sustainable energy future is critical for environmental and strategic reasons. One alternative to petroleum used for transportation is ethanol derived from cellulosic biomass. The major barrier for biomass conversion is a cost effective method...

Despite advances in standard treatment options such as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, cancer remains the second leading cause of death in the United States. Moreover, many current therapies result in adverse effects. Therefore the...

Automated trust negotiation is a new approach to access control and authentication for the open systems such as the Internet, where sensitive interactions sometimes occur among entities with no prior knowledge of each other. Trust negotiation...

The potential for the immune system to control growing tumors was recognized over a century ago. Studies during the past 20 years have presented undisputable evidence that host T cells have the ability to recognize, and kill tumor cells. However,...

The feasibility of a magnetic computation system was tested that consists of arranging thin film micromagnetic ring structures. Each ring is magnetized in a circular, vortex state in either the clockwise (CW) or counterclockwise (CCW) directions,...

Current therapies for ovarian carcinoma are based on surgical debulking followed by chemotherapy. After more than three decades implementing treatments that selectively target the tumor cell, the 5-year survival rate for metastatic ovarian cancer...

Local hyperthermia treatment for cancer has been used clinically in combination with and to enhance the efficacy of traditional treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation. In association with recent understanding of the importance of stimulating...

Although ambivalence is not an everyday emotional state, it is quite prevelent during critical behavioral and life changes (e.g., smoking cessation). The goal of the present thesis was to understand the relationships between acute (Aim 1) and...

Up to 43% of patients with schizophrenia suffer from a co-occurring cannabis use disorder (CUD), which results in symptom exacerbation, decreased response to antipsychotic medication, and an overall worsening of disease course. Available treatments...

Introduction -- Climate of Greenland -- The Voyage of Powell Knutson -- Whaling: Greenland and Davis Strait Fishery -- Greenland During and Since the Second World War -- Greenland Ovibos in Captivity and Under Domestication -- Ovibos in Northeast...